Four utterly horrid and totally brilliant new Horrid Henry stories featuring the bogey babysitter, a mean chicken and lots of ketchup by Francesca Simon, with illustrations by Tony Ross. Read by Miranda Richardson. This pack contains a paperback and an unabridged CD.
Francesca Simon MBE spent her childhood on the beach in California
and started writing stories at the age of eight. She wrote her
first Horrid Henry book in 1994. Horrid Henry has gone on to
conquer the globe; his adventures are published in 27 languages and
have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Francesca has won the Children's Book of the Year Award and been a
judge for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Roald Dahl
Funny Prize. In 2009, in one of the proudest moments of her career,
Francesca was awarded a Gold Blue Peter badge. She was appointed
MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours.
Francesca is also a passionate ambassador for children's literacy
and is a trustee of the World Book Day charity. She lives in North
London with her family.
Visit Francesca's website at www.francescasimon.com and keep
up-to-date with Horrid Henry at www.horridhenry.co.uk. You can also
follow her on Twitter @simon_francesca
Tony Ross was born in London and studied at the Liverpool School of
Art and Design. He has worked as a cartoonist, a graphic designer,
as the Art Director of an advertising agency, and as Senior
Lecturer in Art at Manchester Polytechnic.
Tony is one of the most popular and successful children's
illustrators of all time, best known for illustrating Horrid Henry
and the works of David Walliams. Tony's books have been translated
into 40 languages in over 100 countries. He lives in
Macclesfield.
Miranda Richardson has appeared in films such as THE HOURS, SLEEPY
HOLLOW, THE CRYING GAME, EMPIRE OF THE SUN and HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE. TV work includes A DANCE TO THE MUSIC OF TIME,
JACKANORY, Queen Elizabeth in BLACKADDER and Queen Mary in THE LOST
PRINCE. She has won two Spoken Word awards for her inspired
readings of HORRID HENRY AND THE SECRET CLUB and HORRID HENRY'S
STINKBOMB audiobooks for Orion.
Funny and imaginative,Horrid Henry's Ketchup can make any
non-reader pick it up and enjoy it
*DAWN.com*
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